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Ursinia alpina N.E.Br.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Ursinia

Characteristics

Perennial herb, up to 400 mm high; mat-forming. Leaves crowded in rosettes; blade pinnatifid or bipinnatifid, lobes short, broad, apices apiculate; base petiole-like; glandular-punctate, glabrous. Heads radiate, solitary, terminal, scape (peduncle) long, bracteate. Involucral bracts in several series, imbricate, inner with broad, rounded, scarious apex. Receptacle paleate. Flowers: ray florets yellow above, often reddish below; disc florets yellow; Dec.-Feb. Fruit with cypsela straight or slightly curved, narrowly turbinate, ribbed, basal coma of long, delicate hairs. Pappus uniseriate, of 5 broad, white, membranous scales only.
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Tufted, perennial herb, 0.08-0.38 m high. Leaves crowded in tufts, pinnatisect, lobes short and broad. Capitula solitary; peduncles long with many bracts; involucral bracts glabrous, glandular, with black margins; outer linear, apex lanceolate; middle oblong, apex ± round; inner with round appendages. Paleae ± acute and trifid. Ray florets yellow above, reddish below. Flowering time Feb. Pappus of 5 scales, white, elliptic, striate with brown spot towards base. Cypselae slightly curved, obconical, rugulose-smooth, with glands scattered throughout, broadly ribbed, surface with undulating markings; length with pappus scales 2 mm.
Matforming perennial herb. Leaves crowded in rosettes, pinnatifid or bipinnatifid. Scape bracteate. Pappus 1-seriate. Rays yellow above, often reddish below, disc yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.24 - 0.39
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 7-8
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 14 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
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Distribution

Ursinia alpina world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:257074-1
WFO ID wfo-0000064783
COL ID 7F2FW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Ursinia alpina
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